Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43561, Andrew Fine, New York

SERVICE
Line, Andrew
NUMBER
New York
S. 43561
CONTENTS

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34323 4
New York.
Includes Fam. Capt Yates private New York Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April , 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Oct. 1818 and sent to Jas. Hildreth, Esq. Johnstown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4. mo. 8/20 34.13 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
$82.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
One Year
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Andrew Linn 27 April
Placed before the many and many ladies of the city who were the best

State of New York 7 Montgomery County
In conformity with the provisions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America passed 18 th March 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - the following declaration in writing is made under Oath by Andrew Seine _____ of the town of Charlton in the county of Montgomery in the State of New York before the Hon. James Beldeth Esquire one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Montgomery in the said State in which the said Andrew Seine _____ doth reside. that is to say -
I Andrew Seine - aged sixty six years on the 2 nd day of Jany. last of the town of Charlton Charlton in the county of Montgomery and State of New York on this 27 th day of April 1818 - Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare that I served against the common Enemy in the Army of the Revolution for Ten Months on the continental establishment, and that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to Wit. in the town, county and State aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in Life I am in need of the assistance of my country for support - that I served in the said Revolutionary War in the capacity of a Private Soldier - that I belonged to Captain Christopher P. Yates _____ company Colonel Goose Van Schaick's _____ Regiment and New York _____ Line. That I entered the said service on or about the 20 th day of April 1775 _____ and left it the 17 th February 1776 being honorably discharged from said service _____

that he enlisted at Fort Plain in the state of New York in said company and was discharged at Montreal in Canada from said Corps. That he was at the taking of Saint Johns, Chamblee and Montreal and at an engagement at the mouth of the River Sorell all in Canada and being under the command of General Montgomery and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the certificate of Capt. Finck that my discharge has been casually lost or destroyed —
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid —
James Hildreth
AD v. B. & F. N. C.
James Hildreth Judge of the court of common Pleas of Montgomery county as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Andrew Finck the did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and I am likewise satisfied that the other facts stated in that declaration are likewise true and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of War - pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - dated this 27 th day of April 1818 - James Hildreth

State of New York Montgomery County }
I John M c Carthy Clerk of the court of Common pleas in and for the said County do certify that James Hildreth whose name appears signed to the annexed Certificate, and before whom the annexed declaration was made and sworn to was one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in for the said County On the 27 th day of April 1818. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court the 8 th day of May 1818. John M c Carthy

Swear to the Honorable Aaron Harris Esq. first Judge Montgomery County ss. Be it remembered that on the 18 th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State of New York in Open Court the said Court being a Court of Record for the said county of Montgomery proceeding according to the course of Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & keeping a record of their proceedings and power of fine and imprison- ment A true bill of time aged seventy one years resident in Charlstown in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows In the Capacity of a Private soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Yates in Col. Montgomery Regiment he enlisted in the town of Coeymans in the County of Montgomery in the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five he served in said Company for the space of one year. During said service he was at the siege of St. Johns in Canada he was also at the storming of a Fort at Schambly in Canada also a battle at Montreal a battle at Saulte and several small skirmishes that he was discharged at Montreal in the month of May 1776. And that his original declaration is dated the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eight and that his pension certificate is No. 3432
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Rev- olutionary war past on the 18 th day of March One thousand eight hundred

and eighteen; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit:
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• subscribed and sworn in open court the 16 th day of February 1821
John M c Carthy clk.
Schedule.
1 two year old heifer 5 sheep 2 pigs 13 fowls 1 loom and tackling 1 spinning wheel 1 reel 1 stove and fire 2 pots 1 hammer 1 shovel and tongs 1 andiron 2 tables 1 chest 1 shoe maker's bench and tools 1 gun & chains 1 bedstead and bedding two earthen pots 1 frying pan 3 pails 1 pr. steel-yards 1 pair sad irons 1 tin pail 1 axe 1 bottle and wedges 1 knife and forks 3 spoons eight earthen plates 1 roasting iron 1 tin teapot 1 tea canister 1 lantern 5 tin basins 1 funnel 5 dishes 1 great mug 2 jugs 5 tea cups and saucers 1 pitcher 1 decanter 4 bowls 1 mug 1 tumbler 1 foot glass 2 wooden bowls 2 tin plates 1 half basket 3 small tubs 1 candle mould 2 ladles 1 mortar 1 straining pan 1 tin horn 1 small shovel 1 skimmer 1 meat fork 1 large kettle 1 barrel 2 baskets 1 hutchell 1 tea basket 1 lock 1 hammer 3 augers 1 tea kettle 1 keg 1 wash tub 1 grindstone 2 hoes — That he has a wife who is fifty years of age and who is quite sickly — The occupation of the applicant is a Shoemaker That he owes about twenty eight dollars and further saith not.
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I John M c Carthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and (I do further certify) that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty nine dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 14 th day of February 1881.
John M c Carthy

43 561
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 43,561
Andrew Hine
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dropped from the Pension List in Sept: 1817. Not having served nine months under one enlistment.
See letter to Hon: A. Conkling 19 July 1822.

This may certify that the Bearer here of Andrew Finch was an Enlisted Private Soldier in the Company of Chris- topher Yates in the then 2. N. York Regt. commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick he served Faithfully all that campaign of 1775 Fighting the common Enemy of his Country he was at the Taken of Saint Johns, Chamblee and Montreal & at the Mouth of the River Sorell Fight- the common Enemy Captivating & Destroying Military & other Warlike Stores he did not turn to his place of abode in the Mohawk District in the County of Tryon until the the 16 th or 17 th of Feb y 1776 The Subscriber being then a S t . Lieut. in said Company and Regiment the Bearer being in the Decline of Life & as he says 66 Years of Age in January now last past & apparently in Indigent Circumstan- ces Given from Under my hand at Manheim in the County of Herkimer this 27. of April 1818
To Whom it may Concern
Andrew Finch late a Major Under Lt. Col. Willett, Commandant on the Frontier of the Mohawk River (And else where)